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I've read one and a half - Disgrace and half of Diary of a Bad Year
Diary of a Bad Year seemed interesting at first, and it's unusual in terms of form and content. Coetzee is basically writing as himself. The narrative is split into 3 parts - political essays that the narrator is writing, ... ... dehouse
47. In the Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami
48. Fire Ants, Gerald Duff
49. The End of the Affair, Graham Greene
50. Diary of a Bad Year, J.M. Coetzee
51. Broken April, Ismail Kadare
52. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
50. Diary of a Bad Year by J. M. Coetzee
An old writer is commissioned to write a series of opinions for a German publication. He hires a hot little typist, hot being a young, sexy, female from the same apartment building. This young typist, though living with a loser Australian 'Warren Buf ... Diary of a Bad Year? Nudges to,
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Diary of a Bad Year
Monsters of Templeton but only if you have a pretty good acquaintance with pre-1860 American literature; otherwise, you may miss a lot of the humor and be bored.
Essential Chomsky How not?
... for the opinions on Coetzee - I will give him another shot, despite not being blown away by Disgrace. The format of Diary of a Bad Year sounds intriguing. ... expert. I was referring to all the hoopderah about it and should have been clearer. I'll let you know! But I have read Diary of a Bad Year and although it didn't blast me into the stratosphere, it was good writing and used an interesting device of splitting the page into two or three ... I would pick
In Defense of Food ( on my TBR pile)
Enchantress of Florence ( read-interesting )
Diary of a Bad Year ( haven't read-looks good )
Monsters of Templeton ( just bought! )
Three by Vonnegut ( I'm sure that I read one of them )
Good list -a number of the other books look ... ... Haruki Murakami
3. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
4. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, Xiaolu Guo
5. Diary of a Bad Year, Coetzee
6. Enchantress of Florence, Rushdie
7. Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff
8. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, Paul Gallico
9. Tenderness ... ... been influenced by the West, and, if so, in what ways?
And what about the great J.M. Coetzee whose latest novel-Diary of a Bad Year, though set in Australia is informed by his life in South Africa. and Nadine Gordimer whose short story, "The First Sense", appeared Dec.18,2006 in ... 59. Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee
Coetzee uses the interesting device of splitting his page in two or three sections so that you can follow the literary work and more "academic" thoughts of Senor C., an older author, who is writing a book on the state of the world. The other ... ... some big names (Toni Morrison, Robinson, Carey, Ozick, Proulx, Barker), I can recommend:
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Diary of a Bad Year by Coetzee
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage - a new translation.
The Wild Places by Robert MacFalarlane - if you are a ... Diary of a Bad Year by JM Coetzee- am into the first 25 pages...inventive structure, top of the page appears to be a treatise on politics and society while the bottom of the page follows the author as he meets a mysterious woman he seeks to hire to be his secretary.
Coetzee is a deep, ... Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee Diary of a Bad Year by J.M.Coetzee Finished Diary of a Bad Year this morning, and have just started The Alchemist, which, so far, seems promising. 40) Diary of a Bad Year by J. M. Coetzee
Hmm, not quite sure what I feel towards this one, really. It was very interestingly and cleverly written; each page divided into three parts, one part containing the essay written by JC, one part where we can read his comments and the last part the ... Finished The Lady and the Unicorn last night, and started Diary of a Bad Year. Not sure what I feel about the latter yet, though it is interstingly written. Stopped by the library on my way home from work and picked up The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Diary of a Bad Year by J. M. Coetzee. read Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee. It has an interesting three part running story, divided on each page, of an old writer (ostensibly Coetzee) living in Australia, a filipina typist with major sex appeal, and the narrator. It is full of the sadness of aging and impotence, and is ...
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